November 18th Lesson Grade 8
Start in classrooms at 6:10 due to
Nov. 16 St. Margaret of Scotland
1st
Reconciliation
**Remember to pray for your seminarian**
Their picture should be located by the crucifix/door in
your classroom. Feel free to send cards and letters
throughout the year
Prayer for Holy Vocations
Heavenly Father, make us more holy
each day, we pray.
Help us to embrace the way of life
You planned for us, our call;
And as priests, deacons, religious sisters or brothers,
married couples or chaste singles, help us to find joy
in giving You our most, our best, our all!
This we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Welcome:
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Have students quiet themselves to talk God.
Welcome the students.
Use the opening prayer as suggested for Lesson 9 (p.
75)
Have students add any special prayers/intentions
Pray for the students on this journey towards
Confirmation
Finish with the Sign of the Cross
Discovering:
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Nov. 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary
According to legend, Elizabeth went out with
loaves of bread to feed those who were poor.
Her husband saw her and took hold of her
cape to see what she was carrying. What he
saw was roses rather than bread! Because of
this, she is also known as the patroness of
bakers. Louis supported her in all she did to
relieve the sufferings of those who were poor
or sick. But Louis’s mother, Sophia, his
brother, and other members of court resented
Elizabeth’s generosity. She was taunted and
mocked by the royal family, but deeply loved
by the common people. Louis loved her and
defended her. They had three children
Nov. 18 St. Rose Philippine
Duchesne Rose joined the Society of the
Prayer:
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Margaret was a blessing for all the people of
Scotland. Before she came, there was
great ignorance and many bad habits among
them. Margaret worked hard to
obtain good teachers, to correct the evil
practices, and to have new churches built.
She loved to make these churches beautiful
for God's glory, and she embroidered the
priest's vestments herself.
Read/Reflect on the Readings for Nov. 21-22 Mass
(Optional)
Follow the lesson from the Leader’s Guide. Note there
are 3 video segments tonight.
There is an opportunity to read about St. Josephine
Bakhita. Saint and Sponsor sheet can be turned in to
Mrs. Lukasiewicz/Mrs. Meschede before leaving.
Please complete/discuss the Challenge of the week,
and complete the wrap-up (Taking It Home) on the
Sacred Heart. In 1818, when she was fortynine years old, Rose was sent to the United
States. She founded a boarding school for
daughters of pioneers near St. Louis and
opened the first free school west of the
Missouri. At the age of seventy-one, she
began a school for Indians, who soon came to
call her "the woman who is always praying".
Her biographers have also stressed her
courage in frontier conditions, her singlemindedness in pursuing her dream of serving
Native Americans, and her self-acceptance.
following pages (82-84). Note the Memory Verse: “I baptize you with water; but he who is
mightier than I is coming…he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” –
Luke 3: 16
Sending/close:
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Allow students to center themselves.
Make the Sign of the Cross
Pray the Closing prayer on p. 81
Complete with the Sign of the Cross
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Pass out any information/ materials/projects needed for families
Encourage students attend Dec. 2 Advent Reconciliation Service
7:30 Dismiss students at main school doors